The 3,400MW Thang Long Wind project in Binh Thuan province is theonly offshore wind project in Vietnam that has received approval from theGovernment of Vietnam and the Ministry of Industry and Trade for the survey andpreparation for Power Development Plan’s inclusion, as a basis for investmentimplementation.
The project, which hastotal investment of 11.9 billion USD, will be implemented in five phases withthe first phase completing in 2025 and the last in 2030.
Since June 2019, EEGroup has conducted wind measurement, aerial, and bathymetric surveys at a 2,800square-kilometre area located 20-50 kilometres off the Binh Thuan coast, withwater depths ranging from 20 to 50 metres.
The EE Group plans to complete theinstallation of the FLiDAR in July 2021 to collect oceanographic data at theproject site.
Thang Long Wind project is expected to create abreakthrough in offshore wind power in Vietnam to reduce the independence infossil fuel in power production.
The group will alsoinvest in a 270-km 500KV transmission line to transmitelectricity from Binh Thuan to the southern industrial hubs of Dong Nai andBinh Duong. /.